title: Staphylococcus aureus oropharyngeal carriage in a prison population.
abstract: Throat carriage (42.7%) of Staphylococcus aureus exceeded nasal carriage (35.0%) in 2 New York prisons. Methicillin resistance, primarily due to USA300, was high at both sites; 25% of dually colonized inmates had different strains. Strategies to reduce S. aureus transmission will need to consider the high frequency of throat colonization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Caroline J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Sundary
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sankaran
authors.forename: Dhritiman V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
authors.forename: Zoltan L
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Apa
authors.forename: Cory A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Hafer
authors.forename: Lester
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: Elaine L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Larson
authors.forename: Franklin D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Lowy
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D058889:Molecular Typing; D009518:New York / Q000453:epidemiology; D009960:Oropharynx / Q000382:microbiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D011329:Prisoners; D011330:Prisons; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*